IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.5.1.149

Accepted name: lycopene elongase/hydratase (flavuxanthin-forming)

Reaction: (1) prenyl diphosphate + all-trans-lycopene + acceptor + H2O = nonaflavuxanthin + reduced electron acceptor + diphosphate
(2) prenyl diphosphate + nonaflavuxanthin + acceptor + H2O = flavuxanthin + reduced electron acceptor + diphosphate

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Glossary: flavuxanthin = 2,2'-bis-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,16,1',16'-tetradehydro-1,2,1',2'-tetrahydro-ψ,ψ-carotene = (2E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E,28E,34E)-5,32-diisopropenyl-2,8,12,16,21,25,29,35-octamethylhexatriaconta-2,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,34-tridecaene-1,36-diol

Other name(s): crtEb (gene name)

Systematic name: prenyl-diphosphate:all-trans-lycopene prenyltransferase (hydrating, flavuxanthin-forming)

Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum, is bifunctional. It catalyses the elongation of the C40 carotenoid all-trans-lycopene by attaching an isoprene unit at C-2, as well as the hydroxylation of the new isoprene unit. The enzyme acts at both ends of the substrate, forming the C50 carotenoid flavuxanthin via the C45 intermediate nonaflavuxanthin. cf. EC 2.5.1.150, lycopene elongase/hydratase (dihydrobisanhydrobacterioruberin-forming).

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References:

1. Krubasik, P., Kobayashi, M. and Sandmann, G. Expression and functional analysis of a gene cluster involved in the synthesis of decaprenoxanthin reveals the mechanisms for C50 carotenoid formation. Eur. J. Biochem. 268 (2001) 3702-3708. [PMID: 11432736]

2. Heider, S.A., Peters-Wendisch, P. and Wendisch, V.F. Carotenoid biosynthesis and overproduction in Corynebacterium glutamicum. BMC Microbiol. 12 (2012) 198. [PMID: 22963379]

[EC 2.5.1.149 created 2018]


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